I'm setting the Autopilot YS-X6, I connected the cables as the manual, but when I turn on the battery, the system does not work, the ESC enter configuration mode. what am I doing wrong? please help me.
Best regards,

hi , my friend ,
first , i want to know your ap power and ESC power are separate , or not ,
it''s better separate .
when you power on ap , the led of ap blinks red for three times .
that is a sign , the ap work normal .
form your words , maybe you forget do calibration the ESC .
pls follw the manual of YS-X6 to set and test it .
you can follow the install guide of manual , to set the ap .
any quesion , let me kown ,

After having done all possible tests of the YS-X6 on my smaller GAUI 500X frame and everything went fine, I moved back the FC on the bigger S_Pro hexa and did the first try.
It was at night (and that was not a good choice) and I put the hexa on the grass (and this could have been worst). I first tried to start in manual mode pushing the throttle at only 40% to see if the motors were running smoothly but I didn't took off in this mode. Because I was confident that in GPS mode it would have worked fine I went in GPS mode and pushed the throttle a little bit over the middle point. The hexa tried to take off but suddenly It flipped over without not even going up one cm.
I don't know what happened, but I have broken three cf propellers and the shaft of one motor is now loose. I am very frustrated of this start after few months of preparation of the hexa in so many details.
It seems as if the front part of the landing skid were blocked by some grass root, but I am not sure because it was dark.
Actually the type of grass of our garden has roots that grows horizontally on the surface and it is possible that one or both of front part of the landing skid were trapped by these roots. I do not have any other explanation at the moment.
What could have been other possible reasons of such a flip over?
Thanks.

i am sorry about you had a crash of your aircraft , did you have the hj file ?
you can send it to me , and i can analysis it to find the reason .

and i want to know , when you switch the ap to gps mode , did you check the gps
star is more than 5 ? if the not more than 5 , you can not switch it to gps mode .
and another suggestion , when you test it ,maybe in the daytime is better .

Just for ease, here is the list of countries that allow you to download maps for off line use.

Availability
OS Support: Offline maps is available on Android devices running version 2.2 (Froyo) or higher. It’s available in Google Maps for Android release 6.9 and above, so please go to Google Play to update to the latest version.
Streets and maps data: Your downloaded map area includes streets and maps data. Zoom in to see a detailed view of your offline map. Certain features such as satellite, terrain, indoor maps, and 3D buildings will not be available offline.
Features that require a network connection: Features that require a network connection – such as directions and Navigation – aren’t available offline.

Maps for the following countries and regions can be downloaded:

Afghanistan

hi , Robone .
thank you very much , you are a very kind person , you like share your Your experience to us , thank you again .

Because I was still afraid to break my new hexa frame S6-PRO and propellers during tests, I decided to move the YS-X6 system on a smaller GAUI 500X frame that I used to fly with DJI-M.
I changed settings accordingly and did first a successful manual test, being motors very responsive to throttle movements.
I then did a test in GPS mode and was extremely surprised by its perfect auto take off as soon as the throttle arrived at a little bit over 50%. I heard the motors immediately roaming at high speed and I was a little bit frightening, because I was used to a more gradual increment of speed using DJI-M feeling it under my control. Here actually you can feel that YS-X6 takes over the control doing a perfect auto take off. Even the landing was perfect as soon as I put the throttle below the middle position.
Here is the video I have done during the GPS mode test.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mGkq...=youtube_gdata

Now the challenge will be to do it on the bigger S6-Pro with different motors, ESCs and propellers. Anyway I am now more confident it will be ok.
Thanks guys

That happens if the props are on wrong or motor is not turning the correct direction.
On a fresh install, as a last test before maiden I power up to 1/4.
This is enough power to move the frame without taking off.
Check roll and pitch are moving the craft in the correct direction.

That happens if the props are on wrong or motor is not turning the correct direction.
On a fresh install, as a last test before maiden I power up to 1/4.
This is enough power to move the frame without taking off.
Check roll and pitch are moving the craft in the correct direction.

Should be able to see from the log.

Finally it seems that my hexa is going to work now.
Problems, errors and lessons:
1. During the first day I had few manual flights that went fine but at night I had a flip over in GPS mode (I had more than 7 satellites locked), I blamed the grass and the too short landing skids that turn the model very unstable when taking off manually and landing;
2. The day after I started from a more leveled place (and not from the grass of the garden) in GPS mode and it went up smoothly, I then immediately landed it and tried in manual mode, again with a flip over that can't be explained by possible motors or props mounted wrongly;
3. I had to substitute once again the broken props and then I discovered a loose wire of one motor that eventually came off completely;
4. Because I had to change the motor I took the opportunity to disassemble the all frame because there were some clamps that were not working due to short screws that destroyed one or two mm threads and doing this I had to disconnect all the wiring from ESC's, motors and power board;
5. I tried to be careful connecting all the wiring again, but perhaps because I was frustrated, tired and wanted to do it fast, I inadvertently interchanged the wires of one motor, resulting in turning it in the wrong direction;
6. When I tried it again, in GPS mode, it obviously flipped over one more time (other two props broken); Only at that time I did a test to see which direction the props were spinning;
7. Changed the connections and everything started to work fine;
8. I learned to be more systematic when checking the model before flying (preferably with a check list), test it accurately even if I am sure that I mounted all the stuff properly, not fly in the dark because it is more difficult to perceive small problems, and never be in a hurry to see your model flying.

i am sorry about you had a crash of your aircraft , did you have the hj file ?
you can send it to me , and i can analysis it to find the reason .

and i want to know , when you switch the ap to gps mode , did you check the gps
star is more than 5 ? if the not more than 5 , you can not switch it to gps mode .
and another suggestion , when you test it ,maybe in the daytime is better .

peter

hi Peter,
I have seen on my Samsung cellphone that I have now a lot of hj files, so I don't know which of them relate to the problems I had.
But for sure I had some flips over because one of the motor was spinning in the wrong direction.
Is it possible that in GPS mode the ap can understand if one motor is connected in the wrong way and correct somehow it? I was surprised to have a flip over in manual mode only few seconds after having flown perfectly in GPS mode.
By the way can you tell me how to open these hj file? Is there a special software to open and analyze them?

Flip and manual and not gps, possibly if well programmed.
I can see how it could work.
Not sure if the YS does though.

Well done on you troubleshooting.
Even the best of us miss stuff when in a hurry or tired.
When you have a lot to loose a comprehensive pre flight checklist is a must.
A bad take off/flip might cost < $100 in props and motors.
Problems from higher could cost the whole system.
With a YS onboard >$1000
So you have to consider, is that extra minute before flight worth saving a potentially $1000+ repair?

hi Peter,
I have seen on my Samsung cellphone that I have now a lot of hj files, so I don't know which of them relate to the problems I had.
But for sure I had some flips over because one of the motor was spinning in the wrong direction.
Is it possible that in GPS mode the ap can understand if one motor is connected in the wrong way and correct somehow it? I was surprised to have a flip over in manual mode only few seconds after having flown perfectly in GPS mode.
By the way can you tell me how to open these hj file? Is there a special software to open and analyze them?

hi , my friend.
To Android: the file with name of “T+runtime” saved in folder “Yshj” under root
directory of Phone/Tablet

maybe you need check all connection before you fly your aircraft .
the ap did not know the motor connect is wrong .
pls be carefully check everything .
you can use the pc gcs to open the hj file .

Just for ease, here is the list of countries that allow you to download maps for off line use.

Availability
OS Support: Offline maps is available on Android devices running version 2.2 (Froyo) or higher. It’s available in Google Maps for Android release 6.9 and above, so please go to Google Play to update to the latest version.
Streets and maps data: Your downloaded map area includes streets and maps data. Zoom in to see a detailed view of your offline map. Certain features such as satellite, terrain, indoor maps, and 3D buildings will not be available offline.
Features that require a network connection: Features that require a network connection – such as directions and Navigation – aren’t available offline.

This is how I have found it. When I bought my new Galaxy Note about 4 weeks ago I could make 6 saves for off line use in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Well I was pleased as punch after all the trouble I went through to sell the iPad and then buy the Samsung which the GCS works on without having to hack it and loose your warranty.

Then just after one week it gives me a software alert to update to the latest Android version. No probs so i just clicked and let it update. But then it also loaded the latest Google map release. Then when I went to save the maps, it gave a warning this location is not allowed to save maps. You can imagine the extreme frustration and anger after all the crap I went through to get this device mostly so I can use it for the YS-X6 GCS.

So I trawled forums for days and looked for work rounds, but no go. So in the end I had to "hack" to get root and remove the new version of Google maps and then search for the old version to reinstall it.

Now with the old version it works fine again to save off line maps.

That list you have sent might not be right for the new Google map version. Its correct that it doesn't list Malaysia for off line map download, but Singapore is on the list and the new version wont save maps for there and I think this is the same for China. The staff at Zerouav confirmed this to me a few weeks ago as well that ti doesn't save fro China.

On some other forums I find there are a lot of other countries they now cant save the maps either.

Rely the easiest way to fix all this is to be able to just plug your Xbee data link direct into your usb port and then have live internet at the same time. I wouldn't have thought that would be to difficult seeing a lot of other UAVs do it.

This is how I have found it. When I bought my new Galaxy Note about 4 weeks ago I could make 6 saves for off line use in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Well I was pleased as punch after all the trouble I went through to sell the iPad and then buy the Samsung which the GCS works on without having to hack it and loose your warranty.

Then just after one week it gives me a software alert to update to the latest Android version. No probs so i just clicked and let it update. But then it also loaded the latest Google map release. Then when I went to save the maps, it gave a warning this location is not allowed to save maps. You can imagine the extreme frustration and anger after all the crap I went through to get this device mostly so I can use it for the YS-X6 GCS.

So I trawled forums for days and looked for work rounds, but no go. So in the end I had to "hack" to get root and remove the new version of Google maps and then search for the old version to reinstall it.

Now with the old version it works fine again to save off line maps.

That list you have sent might not be right for the new Google map version. Its correct that it doesn't list Malaysia for off line map download, but Singapore is on the list and the new version wont save maps for there and I think this is the same for China. The staff at Zerouav confirmed this to me a few weeks ago as well that ti doesn't save fro China.

On some other forums I find there are a lot of other countries they now cant save the maps either.

Rely the easiest way to fix all this is to be able to just plug your Xbee data link direct into your usb port and then have live internet at the same time. I wouldn't have thought that would be to difficult seeing a lot of other UAVs do it.

Rob just a question I asked earlier. Is it possible to fly using the Android app Controller indoors without GPS?